hello Doug, that is on my mind as well, I have recieved very good replies,but still unsure of the EU stance in general ( As One Voice) governing all of the EU. I realize some countries are trying harder and consious of waste as I am. But when a directive is released by the EU, it should be carried out by everyone and not have targets and dates from each EU member, when there are 25 memebrs and growing. The confusion of this directive has hit EU countries, thus they are pushing the dates out to 2006 as noted recently on emails within this forum, the impact to those countries is felt, so hopefully they'll know the impact to us as producers exporting to some EU member states. And knowing all the details is very critical at this time. regards Richard,
From: owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org mailto:owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org]On Behalf Of POWELL, DOUG Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 12:19 PM To: richhug...@aol.com; charles.gra...@echostar.com; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: RE: WEEE Directive Richard, You are correct that, at least in this case, much of this is written in fudge. On this side of the pond, to many producers it appears that the UK has the timeliest information and many are taking this as the norm for the entire community. In addition, I don’t have the resources to track every member of the EU and their implementation dates. So my policy has been to use the EU deadlines, as they are published. Last Friday, there is an interesting article from the BBC. In this article both the UK and Germany are apparently delaying. My question is this, “How can a single nationality delay beyond the mandated dates published for the community? “ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4393347.stm Regards, -Doug Fort Collins, Colorado USA _____ From: richhug...@aol.com [mailto:richhug...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:58 PM To: POWELL, DOUG; charles.gra...@echostar.com; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: WEEE Diective Doug, I'm not sure why you would expect a statement regarding the UK situation on the Europa web site. I agree that it is always a good idea to look at the source rather than relying on info 3rd hand, and since the details of the DTI's web site have already been posted there is no reason why you and others should not do this. Perhaps you and/or others are thinking that the announcement refers to what is happening in Europe generally - it doesn't, it relates only to the way the UK Government is approximating the WEEE (and RoHS) Directives into UK law. Some other Member States have already enacted the WEE Directive while others are in the process of doing so. As far as companies are concerned, EC Directives should be taken as pointers to what national legislation SHOULD look like. Directives direct Member States (e.g. national governments) to pass national laws, they do not direct private companies to do anything. Directives contain a date by which Member States "must" pass national legislation to place into force the requirements of the Directive. Sometimes Member States don't comply with this date and sometimes the Commission them prosecute as a result. If you read the DTI announcement then you will see that far from being written in stone, it is written in fudge. Enjoy! Richard Hughes ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
